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A summary of Terence Fretheim 's Exodus 3 : A Theological Interpretation

Fretheim begins his theological interpretation of Exodus 3 by providing an insight into theology and the role that it can play in interpreting and understanding the bible . He believes that the bible is predominantly a theological book and thus he is interpreting it as it was written , not providing a theological interpretation of it . He quotes the words of Rolf Rendtorff in this , utilizing them to make the point

that a theological reading will provide further insight into the text than a literary or historical reading alone can

The Bible does not only become theological through interpretation by a later-elaborated theology , be it rabbinic or Christian rather , it is possible and necessary to find the theological ideas and messages of the biblical texts themselves (Rendtorff , qtd . in Fretheim , qtd . in Fowl 1997 , 143

Fretheim goes on to make the point that , although theology is often accused of introducing an element of subjectivity into the interpretation of written word , it is not alone in doing this and that every single person who provides an analysis of a piece of text from whatever angle , introduces subjective factors , whether admitted or not (ibid . 143-144 ) also introduces their own level of subjectivity . He elaborates on this by making the point that the meaning of a text is a unique interaction between the text itself and the person interpreting it . For this reason , his own...